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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Piano
Quadrille
Recapitulation
Theme
2. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tune
Root
Concert master
Rhythm
3. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
String Quartet
Fourth
Triplet
Reed
4. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Slur
Twelve-tone music
Chromatic scale
Ensemble
5. The unit of musical rhythm.
Leading note
Beat
Slide
Whole note
6. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Recital
Klangfarbenmelodie
Concerto
Medley
7. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Concert master
Notation
Cadenza
Tonal
8. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Notation
Courante
Progression
EnharmonicInterval
9. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Part
Relative major and minor
Tone
Drone
10. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Natural
Prelude
Cantata
Cadenza
11. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Slide
Sharp
Overture
Expressionism
12. A direction to play lively and fast.
Quadrille
Piano
Orchestra
Allegro
13. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Slide
Rubato
Cantabile
Deceptive cadence
14. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Timbre
Rubato
Twelve-tone music
Parody
15. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Minuet
Minuet
Key
Adagio
16. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Trill
Maestro
Notation
Harmony
17. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Choir
Fermata
Duet
Reprise
18. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Voice
Opera
Cantabile
Monotone
19. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Scale
Minuet
Verismo
Cadence
20. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Chord progression
Accelerando
Timbre
21. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Progression
March
Song cycle
Modulation
22. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Dissonance
Glissando
Polyphony
Development
23. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Tonality
Beat
Sonata form
Ornaments
24. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Sextet
Cadenza
Leitmotif
Chorale
25. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Vivace
Progression
Maestro
Accessible
26. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Twelve-tone music
Refrain
Tonal
Ensemble
27. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Chorale
Song cycle
Dynamics
Atonal
28. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Sonata form
Cadenza
Timbre
Accessible
29. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Tritone
Round
Fifth
Homophony
30. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Forte
Cantata
Vibrato
String Quartet
31. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Leading note
Counterpoint
Scordatura
Courante
32. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Counterpoint
Drone
Oratorio
Scordatura
33. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Counterpoint
Ostinato
Tonic
Accessible
34. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Scherzo
Rhythm
Leading note
Chorale
35. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Relative major and minor
Grazioso
Concert master
Gavotte
36. The structure of a piece of music.
Form
Recitative
Song cycle
Monotone
37. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Exposition
Falsetto
Cantata
Tritone
38. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Requiem
Consonance
Grave
Clavier
39. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Scordatura
Polyphony
Whole-tone scale
Cavatina
40. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Gavotte
Octet
Parody
Timbre
41. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Rigaudon
Accelerando
Sextet
Capriccio
42. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Dynamics
Drone
Time Signature
Polytonality
43. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Movement
Castrato
Octet
Timbre
44. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Libretto
Piano
Pitch
Serenade
45. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Baroque
Intonation
Accelerando
Tonality
46. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Ligature
Part
Baroque
Rondo
47. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Trill
Polyphony
Forte
Timbre
48. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Tonic
Accessible
Pentatonic Scale
Round
49. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Soprano
Neoclassical
Soprano
Orchestration
50. Lowest female singing voice.
Contralto
Leading note
Capriccio
Prelude
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